The summary as stated (and as i understood it) is as follows.
I take no sides here, just trying to summarize the post since i managed to see it before it went bye-bye
> campaign did not succeed as promised, owners allegedly propped it up with own money from fraudulent credit cards that never cleared
> kickstarter paid woodshed $16K (the amount that did clear)
> depending on fee counting, woodshed owed 10% of that, plus 4K they spent on promoting the game
> their accountant told them that they are on hook if game isnt delivered since they have the money so they waited till game delivered
> their accountant told them they are on hook for taxes since they are in USA and got the money and they don’t know what to do now
> "words we said. allegations made. reputations ruined. it is in the hands of lawyers now"
I don't understand the tax concerns. They got $16k, they were owed $3-5K, they would have sent the rest to the owners, only what they kept needs to be reported as income for tax purposes.
The rest makes sense and I regret jumping to conclusions (though a quick tweet from Woodshed saying the story was inaccurate and they had a response coming without blocking people would have made it easier to trust them).
If it's true as told by Woodshed, if them I'd just refund the $16k to the backers, and wash my hands of it.
Not sure if anything changed from the original post or it was deleted by mistake.